Abstract
Salen Mn complexes, including EUK-134, EUK-189 and a cyclized analog EUK-207, are synthetic superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase mimetics that are beneficial in many models of oxidative stress. Though not designed to target the mitochondria, salen Mn complexes show mito-protective activity, that is, an ability to attenuate mitochondrial injury, in various experimental systems. Treatment with EUK-134 prevents respiratory chain abnormalities induced by ionizing radiation in rat astrocyte cultures. Treatment with salen Mn complexes also prolongs survival, protects mitochon- drial enzymes and prevents oxidative pathologies in Sod2-/- mice, which lack the mitochondrial form of superoxide dis- mutase. Recently, EUK-207 was shown to attenuate ischemia reperfusion injury, including mitochondrial dysfunction, in hearts from ABC-me-/+ mice, which are deficient in a mitochondrial transporter and more vulnerable to oxidative stress. Since mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in many forms of injury and degeneration, this mito-protective property may explain some of the cytoprotective effects of salen Mn complexes in vivo, and may also enhance their poten- tial therapeutic value.
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